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google said the attacks started in jinan. there is no direct evidence that the hackers were working for the chinese government but google is not ruling out the idea that this spate of hacking may have been state sponsored. the hackers used a sophisticated technique known as spear phishing, sending e-mails specifically tailored to appear important to the person being targeted. for example, one e-mail sent to a u.s. government official had this subject line. draft of u.s./china joint statement. >> it's something that looks like a legitimate e-mail in your mailbox, gets you to click on something, then a box pops up asking you to type in your google password, except you're not typing the password to go to google, it's going to another site this is something that's quite common unfortunately these days in most peoples e-mail boxes. >> in a statement released by google, the company said google detected and disrupted this campaign to take users passwords and monitor their e-mails. in addition we notified relevant authorities as well
google said the attacks started in jinan. there is no direct evidence that the hackers were working for the chinese government but google is not ruling out the idea that this spate of hacking may have been state sponsored. the hackers used a sophisticated technique known as spear phishing, sending e-mails specifically tailored to appear important to the person being targeted. for example, one e-mail sent to a u.s. government official had this subject line. draft of u.s./china joint statement....
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>> it's a big deal because google is going after microsoft with this. they think that businesses are going to start adopting these. they don't need to store things own hundreds of thousands of different computers for each user, that everything can be stored remotely on google servers so that you can access all of your business applications no matter where you are. >> why wouldn't i just get a tablet, though? >> that's a great question. tablets do the same thing. they connect to the web. you can put apps on them, that sort of thing. tablets are great for productivity and that's why google aiming at the business community. you can as a consumer buy this. it's expensive. $350 to $500 for one of these and for that you can get a full microsoft windows 7 pc. >> reporter: what about a work er? a worker who may already be pretty married to their tablet going to say, oh, okay, yes, it's more productive. are they going to buy that argument? >> this has a keyboard which is great. anyone who has tried to type on a tablet knows it can be difficult. what's great that
>> it's a big deal because google is going after microsoft with this. they think that businesses are going to start adopting these. they don't need to store things own hundreds of thousands of different computers for each user, that everything can be stored remotely on google servers so that you can access all of your business applications no matter where you are. >> why wouldn't i just get a tablet, though? >> that's a great question. tablets do the same thing. they connect...
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google docs, hot mail has been hosting e-mail in the clouds by 199. by keeping this information in wul one place, that means our different devices, phones, laptops and tablets can have access to the same information. you don't need to store any of it on any of those devices. grab what you need when you need it over the internet. but what happens when your internet connection fails? >> well, one of the great vulnerabilities in cloud computing is the fact that all of this for us is built on the assumption that internet speeds will remain fast and that connectivity will remain reliable. and as anybody who's has ever walked around in san francisco or new york with an iphone knows you can't always count on mobile data being fast or reliable. >> reporter: another worry about cloud computing is security. you're willingly handing over your information to another company and relying on someone else can cost you. when some of amazon.com's cloud servers suffered a brief outage, it took out some of the company's four square. >>> they are remarkable, they contain
google docs, hot mail has been hosting e-mail in the clouds by 199. by keeping this information in wul one place, that means our different devices, phones, laptops and tablets can have access to the same information. you don't need to store any of it on any of those devices. grab what you need when you need it over the internet. but what happens when your internet connection fails? >> well, one of the great vulnerabilities in cloud computing is the fact that all of this for us is built on...
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major technology companies such apple, microsoft, google and amazon are leaping head first into the cloud. >>> so too are a lot of smaller companies and many already have become very successful it seems. as maggie lakes tell you us, the savvy investors who know where to look and what to look for in a cloud computing company, the sky, it seems, is the limit. >> reporter: cloud related companies like rax space have been on a tear. rax is up by well over 100% since early last year. the ceo says the shift to outsource computing is only just beginning. >> it's big. depending on what analysts you look at and other industry pundits, people are talking about the cloud growing 0% to 75% a year. we're going through a technology shift. anytime a new technology shows up that makes things cheaper, easier, faster and better, it grows rapidly. zblts what's happening. >> there's a buy rating on rackspace. but people should be careful about not overpaying for cloud valuation stocks. >> seven years ago when we started covering the space, we said buy the space. we're in the slightly more mature but the earl
major technology companies such apple, microsoft, google and amazon are leaping head first into the cloud. >>> so too are a lot of smaller companies and many already have become very successful it seems. as maggie lakes tell you us, the savvy investors who know where to look and what to look for in a cloud computing company, the sky, it seems, is the limit. >> reporter: cloud related companies like rax space have been on a tear. rax is up by well over 100% since early last year....
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companies like amazon, google, apple, they are moving into the cloud business when it comes to music in particular. they want to you choose them to buy and store your favorite songs. you can access your music from any computer and some mobile devices. that brings us over to the cloud devices themselves. lots of phonemakers are creating apps so you can access files while on the road. even some radios and tvs are coming equipped with internet connections and letting you access the clouds for all types of content. companies like netflix are letting customers stream movies and shows directly to their tvs. the film is saved on a server, you are free to watch them when you want. another type of cloud is a business project cloud. these are programs that allow members of a team all to work in the same project from different computers. so, someone in mexico can work on the same project as someone from paris. all in real time. the latest cloud we're seeing are computer clouds. some companies are trying to radically change how we computer altogether. forget installing a large program on your la
companies like amazon, google, apple, they are moving into the cloud business when it comes to music in particular. they want to you choose them to buy and store your favorite songs. you can access your music from any computer and some mobile devices. that brings us over to the cloud devices themselves. lots of phonemakers are creating apps so you can access files while on the road. even some radios and tvs are coming equipped with internet connections and letting you access the clouds for all...
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when it comes to online search advertising google is streets ahead with control of three-quarters of the $14.4 billion market, not bad. that's just the u.s. market, too, nina. >>> let's have a look at how the european markets are faring one last time before we leave you today. the european markets currently rebounding as of course that confidence vote goes on in greece. we still don't have a decision about the 12 billion euro latest trunk of bailout money the greeks may get. the cac 40 leading up by 1.2%. >> we've had a fairly positive day in asia the markets ending comfortably higher, the nikkei up by more than 1%. the s&p asx 200 up by 1.3%, on the back of fosters brewing closing up by 13.5% after it rejected a $10 billion offer from sab miller. investors now are betting this is just the opening sell vote in a bidding war for fosters so watch the fosters story, they could be reporting on this one for some time to come. >> nina? >> don't get me started on fosters again, andrew. >>> let's get back to the technology world talking about super computers. if you've ever sat at your compu
when it comes to online search advertising google is streets ahead with control of three-quarters of the $14.4 billion market, not bad. that's just the u.s. market, too, nina. >>> let's have a look at how the european markets are faring one last time before we leave you today. the european markets currently rebounding as of course that confidence vote goes on in greece. we still don't have a decision about the 12 billion euro latest trunk of bailout money the greeks may get. the cac 40...
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and many believe it to be apple's answer to similar services from google and amazon. they allow you to store music online, allowing you to stream the songs to all of your devices rather than storing them on your devices. now, staying in the computer econo industry, intel announced for its microchips one allows computers in hibernation mode to receive e-mails and others get computers running in six seconds. intel says you don't want to wait to boot up. ic echo that sentiment, nina. nothing more frustrating than watching your computer get itself organized. >> mine takes a few good seconds, i have to say. i'm not the most patient in the world, andrew. nokia says that things are worse than it had originally thought, of course, issued a profit warning for the second quarter of the year saying that the second quarter earnings will be, quote, substantially below the earlier forecast of 8.8 to $9.5 million. the sales volumes, selling price, it says be lower than expected and no longer providing quarterly annual forecasts. it is only providing quarterly forecasts for the momen
and many believe it to be apple's answer to similar services from google and amazon. they allow you to store music online, allowing you to stream the songs to all of your devices rather than storing them on your devices. now, staying in the computer econo industry, intel announced for its microchips one allows computers in hibernation mode to receive e-mails and others get computers running in six seconds. intel says you don't want to wait to boot up. ic echo that sentiment, nina. nothing more...
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apple jumped into this particular section of technology this week and amazon and google are already committed to cloud computing themselves. even though it promises to usher in all kinds of new business, consumer and entertainment possibilities, not everyone, it seems, thinks the cloud has a silver lining. a pop concern is security. once your personal data is transferred to a remote source, the question is, who's protecting it there? how secure is it? how reliable is it? felicia taylor has a look at some potential holes in the cloud. >> reporter: when it comes to all the information in the cloud, you can think of it as jewels kept in a safe deposit vault. all that information is literally kept inside. but then the question is, is how is it being protected? >> things like encryption, things like firewalls, things like penetration testing, they're all well understood security capabilities to ensure data can be, you know, kept safe and protected. >> reporter: is the cloud impenetrable? there are no guarantees? >> from a consumer standpoint i think the biggest threat really is phishing. >> report
apple jumped into this particular section of technology this week and amazon and google are already committed to cloud computing themselves. even though it promises to usher in all kinds of new business, consumer and entertainment possibilities, not everyone, it seems, thinks the cloud has a silver lining. a pop concern is security. once your personal data is transferred to a remote source, the question is, who's protecting it there? how secure is it? how reliable is it? felicia taylor has a...
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an american citizen and it's just impossible for me to believe that the white house asked the cia to google me and they were just passing along publicly available information. there must have been an implication that they should actively dig up some kind of dirt. and that is illegal and it's extremely troubling, and i believe that the senate find out what's going on and who the request came from at the white house and what's the background of this. i think eric holder should look into it at the department of justice and i think that unless we get to the bottom of this story, we can't be sure that there weren't others so targeted and other people were perhaps reputation was ruined for political purposes. to tell you the truth, we can't be sure there aren't black cells inside the cia that continue to behave in these ways. i think we really need to shake things up here and get to the bottom of this. >> juan cole, glenn carle, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> we've received a response to the allegations made by former cia officer glenn carle and professor juan cole. the cia sp
an american citizen and it's just impossible for me to believe that the white house asked the cia to google me and they were just passing along publicly available information. there must have been an implication that they should actively dig up some kind of dirt. and that is illegal and it's extremely troubling, and i believe that the senate find out what's going on and who the request came from at the white house and what's the background of this. i think eric holder should look into it at the...